Butter Bot has no wake word. To start it listening, give the power button a short press (or press the summon button on the controller). It plays a brief prompt, then matches whatever you say next against the phrases below — you don't need to memorise them, any variant in a row works.
You can also trigger any of these actions straight from the controller, which lists every action so you can simply pick the one you want.
A few actions ask a follow-up or a yes/no question (the 8-Ball, dice, IR training, reading out notifications). Answer — "Cancel" or "Nevermind" backs you out of anything.
Small talk & questions
Tell a joke | “Tell me a joke” · “Make a joke” · “Do you know a joke” · “Give me a joke” · “I want a joke” · “Say something funny” · “Make me laugh” · “Crack a joke” · “Amuse me” · “Give me some humor” |
Tell a fact | “Tell me a fact” · “Give me a fact” · “I want a fact” · “Do you know a fact” · “Tell me something interesting” · “Hit me with a fact” · “Drop some knowledge” · “Blow my mind” · “Teach me something new” |
Ask the time | “What time is it” · “Tell me the time” · “Current time” · “Give me the time” · “Time now” · “Do you know the time” · “What is the current time” |
Ask for advice (Magic 8-Ball) | “I need advice” · “Give me advice” · “Any advice” · “Help me decide” · “What do you think” · “I need guidance” · “Can you help me” · “Help me out” · “Tell me what to do” · “Show me the way” |
Play & fun
Identify an object in front of it | “What is this” · “What’s this” · “What do you see” · “What is in front of you” · “What’s in front of you” |
Roll a specific die | “Roll a d four” · “Roll a d six” · “Roll a d eight” · “Roll a d ten” · “Roll a d twelve” · “Roll a d twenty” · “Roll a d one hundred” |
Roll dice (it asks type & count) | “Roll a dice” · “Roll dice” · “Roll the dice” · “I want to roll dice” · “Dice roll” |
Pass the butter | “Pass the butter” · “Give me the butter” · “Hand me the butter” · “Bring the butter” · “I need the butter” · “Butter please” · “Can you pass the butter” |
The classic comeback | “You pass butter” |
Move it (voice control)
Drive forward | “Move forward” · “Go forward” · “Drive forward” |
Drive backward | “Move backward” · “Go backward” · “Drive backward” |
Turn left | “Turn left” · “Go left” · “Rotate left” |
Turn right | “Turn right” · “Go right” · “Rotate right” |
Turn around (180°) | "Turn around" · "Turn 180" (say "one-eighty") · "Rotate 180" · "Spin around" |
Dance | “Show me your moves” · “Do a dance” · “Move it, move it” · “I want to see you dance” · “Get your groove on” · “Bust a move” · “Show me what you got” |
Face & owner
Ask who it sees | “Who is this” · “Who is that” · “Who do you see” · “Identify this person” · “Identify face” · “Do you know this person” · “Recognize this person” · “Who is in front of you” |
Set the owner (remember a face) | “Remember this face” · “Learn this face” · “Save this face” · “Set as owner” · “This is my face” · “Recognize me as owner” · “Register this face” · “Make me the owner” |
Forget the owner | “Forget owner” · “Remove owner” · “Delete owner” · “Forget creator” · “Remove creator” · “Delete creator” · “Clear saved face” · “Remove stored face” · “Forget my face” · “Delete saved owner” |
LED module
Light on | “Turn on the lights” · “Switch on the lights” · “Power on the lights” · “Enable the lights” · “Lights on” |
Light off | “Turn off the lights” · “Switch off the lights” · “Power off the lights” · “Disable the lights” · “Lights off” |
Strobe | “Light strobe” · “Turn on strobe” · “Enable strobe” · “Start strobe” · “Light flash” |
Breathe (pulse) | “Light breathe” · “Turn on breathing” · “Enable breathing” · “Start breathing” · “Lights pulse” |
Speed up the effect | “Lights faster” |
Slow down the effect | “Lights slower” |
Motion sensor (PIR module)
Turn intruder detection on | “Enable intruder detection” · “Motion sensor on” · “Turn on intruder detection” |
Turn intruder detection off | “Disable intruder detection” · “Motion sensor off” · “Turn off intruder detection” |
Air quality (Gas module)
* The first time you use it, power on your Butter Bot, plug in the gas module and let it warm up for 5–10 minutes before relying on readings.
Get an air-quality report | “Get air quality” · “Check air quality” · “Air quality status” · “What is the air quality” |
Climate (Temp / Humidity module)
Temperature & humidity report | “Temperature report” · “Humidity report” · “Climate report” · “Show temperature and humidity” · “Check temperature” · “Check humidity” · “What is the temperature” · “What is the humidity” · “Climate status” |
Use Celsius | “Switch to Celsius” · “Set Celsius” · “Use Celsius” · “Change to Celsius” · “Celsius mode” |
Use Fahrenheit | “Switch to Fahrenheit” · “Set Fahrenheit” · “Use Fahrenheit” · “Change to Fahrenheit” · “Fahrenheit mode” |
Use Kelvin | “Switch to Kelvin” · “Set Kelvin” · “Use Kelvin” · “Change to Kelvin” · “Kelvin mode” |
Infrared (IR module)
Teach it a remote button | “Learn new infrared command” · “Train infrared command” · “Record infrared signal” · “Add new infrared action” |
List what it knows | “List infrared commands” · “What infrared commands do you know” |
Forget one command | “Forget infrared” · “Remove infrared” · “Delete infrared” |
Forget all commands | “Forget all infrared” · “Delete all infrared” · “Clear all infrared” |
Run a command you taught | Whatever phrase you assigned while training it (e.g. “TV on”, “volume up”). |
Phone (paired)
Read notifications | “List notifications” · “Show notifications” · “What notifications do I have” · “Read my notifications” · “Check notifications” · “Do I have notifications” · “Tell me my notifications” |
What’s playing | “What is playing” · “What song is playing” · “What is this song” · “Current song” · “What music is playing” · “Tell me what is playing” · “What is playing right now” |
Next song | “Next song” · “Skip song” · “Play next” · “Next track” |
Previous song | “Previous song” · “Play previous” · “Previous track” |
Play / resume | “Play music” · “Start music” · “Start playback” · “Resume music” |
Pause / stop | “Stop music” · “Pause music” · “Stop playback” · “Pause playback” |
System
Power off | “Shut down” · “Deactivate” · “Shut yourself down” · “Power down” · “Turn yourself off” · “Battery off” |
Cancel / back out | “Cancel” · “Nevermind” |